Milk bottle shipping container



1933- c. A. SNYDER 1,934,453

MILK BOTTLE SHIPPING CONTAINER Filed March 24, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l /fAT 20% 0 7; o o o 0 Nov. 7, 1933. c. A. SNYDER MILK BOTTLE SHIPPINGCONTAINER Filed March 24, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jrz venzor Patented Nov.7, 1933 1,934,453 MILK BOTTLE SHIPPING CONTAINER Charles A. Snyder,Willow Grove, Pa.

Application March 24,

Claims.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in milk bottleshipping containers and the like and has for its object to so constructa container or box of this description as to greatly simplify andstrengthen the same in order that it may withstand the rough handling towhich such boxes are subjected in use.

A further object of this invention is to provide for the ready repair ofany portion of the box without interfering with other portions thereofnot needing repair.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination 7 of elements hereinafter set forth andthen spel5 cificaliy designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this application in which:--

Fig. l is a plan view of my improved shipping box for milk bottles.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1, one corner being broken away andsectioned to show the manner of securing the spacing corner posts.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of one of the spacing corner posts.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section of one of the posts showing that thesame is in the form of an angle iron.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the upper portion of one of the posts onthe same scale as Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a detail cross section of one of the bottom slats showing themetal sheathing and one of the bottom rods which secure this sheathingin place.

In carrying out my invention as herein embodied, 10 represents fourmetal posts which may be either cast or otherwise formed so as to be inthe general shape of angle irons and having spacing ribs 11 formed ontheir outer surfaces.

Each of these posts has a guide 12 in the form of a lug curving upwardand inward for the pur- 5 pose hereinafter explained and a series ofholes 13 are formed through the posts for the passage of suitablerivets.

These four posts form the corner supports for the container or box towhich the slats 14 forming 59 the sides of the box are secured by therivets 15 passing through the ends of said slats and through the holes13, while the ends of the box are also composed of slats and designatedby the numeral 16 which likewise are secured to the posts by the rivets1'7.

1931. Serial No. 524,812

The slats are spaced apart by the ribs 11 and these ribs also serve tofirmly hold the slats against any twisting movement thereby greatlystiffening and strengthening the box. 18 represents a series of rodshaving their ends secured in certain of the side slats 14, here shownasthe two middle side slats, and 19 represents a corresponding series ofrods having their ends secured in certain of the end slats l6 and theselast named rods cross the first named rods at right angles in suchmanner as to form open work cells within thebox for receiving milkbottles and the like and holding such bottles against undue shifting. 20represents a series of rods, the ends of which are secured in the bottomend slats of the box and these rods form an open Work bottom for saidbox so that bottles placed within the cells will rest upon and besupported by-these last named rods.

In order to strengthen the bottom end slats in which the rods 20 aresecured and prevent them from being split or otherwise damaged by therough handling to which said boxes are usually subjected, I cover thesebottom slats with a metal sheathing 21 preferably consisting of sheetmetal bent around each slat, said sheathing being secured and held inplace by the rods 20 as clearly shown in Fig. 6.

To assist in carrying the weight of the contents of the box upon thebottom rods thereof, a support rod 22 is secured in the bottom sideslats and extends across the box immediately beneath and in contact withthe rods 19 forming said bottom. The guide lugs 12 are so shaped andpositioned relative to the completed box that in placing one box uponthe top of another, the lower ends of the four metal posts will fit overand be guided by the lugs 12 to bring the upper box in alignment withthe lower box and prevent any shifting of the boxes relative to eachother; and on account of the lugs being metal and coacting only with thelower ends ofthe metal posts all wear and tear upon the wooden portionof the box is avoided.

The top and bottom ribs 11 preferably extend slightly beyond the top andbottom slats in order that the wear and tear in sliding the boxes on thefloor or nesting said boxes may be sustained by these metal ribs withoutaffecting the wooden slats.

From the foregoing description it will be obvious that a shipping boxmade in accordance with my invention will be strong and rigid and thatany one of the slats composing the sides and ends may be removed forrepair or replacement without interfering with the remaining slats. Thisis a great advantage over this class of shipping boxes wherein the partsinterlock or are secured in place in series.

By making my improved shipping box of slats spaced apart not only isless wood needed to construct a box of a given size, but in the case ofmilk bottle shipping boxes a decided advantage is gained in that freecirculation of air through the box and around its contents is providedfor thereby facilitating the chilling of said contents."

While any suitable washers may be used under the heads of the rivets 15and 17, I prefer to; use relatively large rectangularwashersfor thispurpose one of which is shown in place in Fig. 2, at 25; or be in theform of angle plateszand extend around the corners of .the slats asshown.

formed on the upper ends of said posts to faeilitate thenestingof anumber-of containers.

2. In a milk bottle shipping-container, upright walls produced fromspaced slats and assembled to form corners, and an angular corner poston the inside of each corner having outwardly projecting ribscoextensive with the width of the faces of the post and registering withthe spaces between vertically adjacent slats, said slats beingindividually secured to each post.

3. In a milk bottle shipping container, upright walls produced fromspaced slats and assembled to form corners, a single angular corner poston the-inside of each corner, outwardly projecting ribs extending fromthe post between adjacent parallel slats, and means to individuallyfasten each slat to the post whereby any slat may be removedwithout-disturbing other parts of the container.

4. In a device: of the kind described, corner posts each comprisingupright angular elements and horizontal outwardly projecting verticallyspaced ribs coextensive with the faces of each post, and slatsindividually secured directly against the outside surfaces of said postsbetween the ribs to permit the removal of any slat independently of allothers and without displacing any of said other slats, any post orany-part of the latter.

5. In a device of the character described, a unitary corner poststructure comprising an angularupright portion having a stacking lugformed as anintegral part thereof at the upper end and provided withhorizontally arranged vertically spaced outwardly projecting integralribs coextensive with the faces of said post.

CHARLES A. SNYDER.

